Excel's VALUE function has only one argument: where a is the value stored as text that you want to convert into a number.

Q. I have used the Excel functions LEFT, MID, and RIGHT to dissect cells. However, I have some spreadsheets where each piece of information is a different length and uses different delimiters. Is ...

Fix Excel formulas that won’t spill! Learn how to troubleshoot #VALUE errors caused by Analysis ToolPak functions and improve your workflow.

Q. How do the TEXTBEFORE and TEXTAFTER functions in Excel work? A. Excel’s TEXTBEFORE and TEXTAFTER functions allow users to quickly split up text in ways that used to require combinations of ...

Daniel Jassy, CFA, is an Investopedia Academy instructor and the founder of SPYderCRusher Research. He contributes to Excel and Algorithmic Trading. David Kindness is a Certified Public Accountant ...

Daniel Jassy, CFA, is an Investopedia Academy instructor and the founder of SPYderCRusher Research. He contributes to Excel and Algorithmic Trading. Amy is an ACA and the CEO and founder of OnPoint ...

With any software, the more you use it, the more hacks and shortcuts you discover, and never a truer word has been said when it comes to Microsoft Excel. What's more, as the program evolves, you add ...

Have you ever followed a YouTube tutorial, carefully copied an Excel formula, and hit “Enter,” only to be met with an error or baffling results? It’s a ...

Tools like Excel and Google Sheets are ubiquitous these days, and learning how to use them more effectively will quickly ...